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Warsow, also stylized as War§ow, is an open source first-person shooter video game.

Development

Warsow was first publicly released on June 8, 2005, as an alpha version. The stable version 1.0 was released on July 28, 2012, after 7 years of development.Warsow{{'}}s codebase is free and open source software, distributed under the terms of the GPLv2 license; it is built upon Qfusion, an advanced modification of the Quake II engine.MAGAZINE, Dolinsky, Sergey, Открытые бета-тесты декабря, Strana Igr, 2008, 250, 142,weblink Gameland, Russian, MAGAZINE, Warsow, Level (magazine), Level, April 2008, 4/2008, 7,weblink Romanian, The artwork and other media were originally licensed under the proprietary Warsow Content License, which allowed the contributors of this media to use the work in a "personal portfolio" but not in any other game. Some assets were later released under the Creative Commons License Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license,{{Citation|title=WARFORK|date=2021-08-16|url=https://github.com/TeamForbiddenLLC/warfork-qfusion/blob/bbf81122b2337eb1509144e5aee5e4ba8bd57fd3/LICENSE.txt|publisher=Team Forbidden LLC|access-date=2021-10-12}} while others are under the non-free license CC-BY-ND.{{Citation|title=warfork-free-soundpacks|date=2021-09-13|url=https://github.com/TeamForbiddenLLC/warfork-free-soundpacks/blob/06d04ddaec7b454d2c98d123a70987653a871bd0/cc-by-sa-40-warsow/warsow_assets_cc-by-sa-40.txt|publisher=Team Forbidden LLC|access-date=2021-10-12}}Warsow is loosely based on the E-novel Chasseur de bots by Fabrice Demurger.WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20030810201207weblink">weblink dead, 2003-08-10, Chasseur de bots, 2007-02-09, Fabrice, Demurger, The novel is the basis of the game's cyberpunk visual style, which is achieved by combining cel-shaded cartoon-like graphics with dark, flashy and dirty textures. Since visual clarity is important in maintaining competitive gameplay, Warsow tries to keep effects minimalistic, clear and visible.On October 18, 2012, the game was released on GOG.com.WEB,weblink Free Release: Warsow, 2012-10-18, GOG.com, CD Projekt, 2014-02-03, GOG.com, 2014-02-21,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140221204044weblink">weblink dead, Warsow was submitted to Steam Greenlight on February 9, 2013,WEB,weblinkweblink 2022-02-26, limited, Warsow's status on Facebook about the submitting to Steam Greenlight, Warsow Team, Facebook, 2013-02-09, {{cbignore}} and was greenlit on September 18.At the end of 2016, the former main developer of Warsow posted: "2.6 this weekend".WEB, 2016-11-02, "Making a few things clear" at Warsow Forums,weblink live,weblink 2016-11-14, 2021-10-07, warsow.net, As of April 2024 version 2.6 of the game has still not been released. The game was later forked under the title of Warfork,WEB, Warfork's Steam Page, 2019 archive,weblink live, 2021-10-11, Steam,weblink 2019-09-06, and is being actively developed as of April 2024 by a different development team.WEB, Warfork - Welcome,weblink 2021-10-12, warfork.com, WEB, Liam, Dawe, Based on the classic FPS Warsow, the new Warfork is now live in Early Access,weblink GamingOnLinux, 19 August 2019, 2023-02-08,

Gameplay

The very competitive gameplay of Warsow focuses heavily on movement and trickjumps.WEB,weblink Warsow About page, 2012-08-20, Fabrice, Demurger, Many of the tricks in Warsow originate from the Quake series, including circle-jumping, bunny hopping, strafe-jumping, double jumping, ramp-sliding, and rocket jumping, but Warsow also gives players the ability to dash, dodge or wall jump, tricks that were originally possible in Urban Terror. It uses a separate button for most of the special movements, making it easier to use them while doing other things at the same time. The various movement tricks combine to add an extra dimension to the gameplay; as the player's proficiency at moving increases, they can collect health, armor and weapons more quickly, and to overpower less capable enemies. The variety and flexibility of the physics have spawned an entire community dedicated to competing on the various Race maps that the game offers.WEB,weblink Warsow Racenet, 2007-08-31, German,

Reception

Media coverage

Warsow was mentioned on the Australian television show Good Game on 14 April 2008 in a segment listing the best free to play games available.WEB,weblink Good Game episode 2008-04-14, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2007-11-24, Warsow was reviewed with 8 of 10 by Linux Format in August 2011.Linux_Format_147_August_2011 on Linux Format

Competitive play

Warsow has been accepted as a competition-worthy game by several large online leagues such as the Electronic Sports LeagueWEB,weblink ESL Warsow, 2007-02-09, 2015-10-18,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20151018205156weblink">weblink dead, and ClanBase.WEB,weblink ClanBase Warsow Duel OpenCup Fall 2006, 2007-02-09, WEB,weblink ClanBase Warsow TDM Hosted Cup, 2007-02-09, WEB,weblink ClanBase Warsow Ladders, 2007-02-09, In addition to acceptance by large leagues, many specialized Warsow cups have emerged. Well-known examples are Bamboocha, a Europe-based Warsow Duel Tourney,WEB,weblink Bamboocha Warsow Duel Tourney, 2007-02-09, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070204070516weblink">weblink 2007-02-04, and ESW: Warsow, a Japanese Warsow cup.WEB,weblink ESW, 2007-02-09, Japanese, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070220010537weblink">weblink 2007-02-20, In 2007, several LAN tournaments featuring Warsow have emerged such as Crossfire Devotii {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614174315weblink |date=2018-06-14 }} Challenge 3,WEB,weblink CDC3 Announcement, 2007-08-31, Warsow.nl LAN,WEB,weblink Warsow.NL LAN, 2007-08-31, 2020-10-27,weblink dead, and E-Sport Stadium 2007.WEB,weblink E-sports Stadium 2007, 2007-08-31, Additionally, Warsow has been featured on the German TV-channel GIGA Television several times,WEB,weblink GIGA 2 Warsow VOD archive, 2007-02-09, German, namely in GIGA eSports and its sub-shows Skill Sunday and Free For All and the Pay TV IPTV station GIGA 2, also produced by Turtle Entertainment.

See also

• List of open source games
• List of free and open-source software packages

References

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External links

• {{Official websiteweblink}}

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